Which of the Following Would Most Reliably Suggest That a Genomic

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would most reliably suggest that a genomic sequence is functionally important?

• A) The presence of a long open reading frame in the sequence
• B) Multispecies conservation of the sequence
• C) Low copy number variation of the sequence
• D) The presence of active chromatin marks over the sequence

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